Abendanon Return Is Hit By The Virus Lockdown

Laporte’s world club idea is not for me says Nick.

- Neale Harvey

Nick Abendanon has spoken of his frustration at potentially having to quit rugby after seeing his hopes of a Premiership swansong torpedoed by the coronavirus crisis.

Popular former England and Bath full-back Abendanon had been close to agreeing a deal that would have seen him return to the UK after six years at Clermont Auvergne.

However, with January’s Covid-19 outbreak hitting rugby finances around the globe, Abendanon, 33, told The Rugby Paper: “I’m out of contract at the end of June and had a couple of potential options that looked very promising, but both of those have dried up.

“That’s obviously disappointing and at this stage it looks as though I’m going to be hanging up my boots, unless something else comes along in the next three months.”